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Fragment (5): Jerry

Writer: Conrad DiDiodatoConrad DiDiodato

Updated: May 2, 2022

(for Jerry Friesen)

_________

"The runner"


Long as the slope feels right and a stride can bite


& a tail-wind's favourable,

with spring hostas and grass along the way(& love of sky

going dearly before),


then I can run!—


& even as the thunderhead's

snarly fifes take over lakes

& the cars' brash ferocities, too, nose round me

at every mile,


still there's breath that means to go on


and the road ahead

-(same long sun-loving one) -

spun to entice him


'cause added to it,

at every mile, is likewise a drama too


of aspen shades and even a Lady,

to salute me in the rain, wind;

or moles in a winding ditch;

or leaf hoppers startled


to their knees;

or teens, all teeth & gauche hate,

waiting just for me,

a roving Aeneas, alone in the world, a warm body on legs

who’s laughed at in spades


For the day's the same, howso'er it meet with steep slopes,

and dandelion yards,

and a runner with eyes for a dear blue sky,

who'll gladly turn home


when the tall winds die




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